Patreon
American crowdfunding platform
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning Patreon

Is the Proxima System Our Best Hope For Another Earth?
PBS Space Time

9 Passive Income Ideas - How I Make $27k per Week
Ali Abdaal
A membership platform used by creators to offer exclusive content and community access to supporters.

Software Engineer Turned Youtuber - Jarvis Johnson
Y Combinator
Jarvis Johnson worked at Patreon, a platform he was familiar with as a YouTube creator, which inspired his career change.

Marques Brownlee on Building an Audience and Other Advice for Creators
Y Combinator
A membership platform that provides business tools for creators to run subscriptions, mentioned as a way for viewers to support creators directly.

Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a platform where people pay for content through direct payment systems as fans or patrons.

Ep. 237. Is It Time To Rethink The Internet?
Cal Newport
A platform mentioned as potentially disappearing if Section 230 protections were significantly reduced, though the speaker argues alternatives exist.

Andrew Chen — Growth Secrets from Uber, Exploring the Metaverse, Startup Investing, and More
Tim Ferriss
A membership platform for creators, grouped with Twitch and Substack as companies that reinvented the creator economy.

The Science of How to Optimize Testosterone & Estrogen
Andrew Huberman
A platform where listeners can support the Huberman Lab Podcast at various levels.

Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #166
Lex Fridman
A platform for supporting creators.

Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
A centralized platform for creators to receive regular funding from fans, which Brave's model aims to decentralize.

Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #130
Lex Fridman
Platform for creators to receive support from their audience, mentioned as a way to support the podcast.

Desining from Day One: Artists as Founders: Multiverse (S20) - YC Gaming Tech Talks 2020
Y Combinator
A platform where artists often run their own businesses and build recurring revenue through fan support, similar to how tech companies consider recurring revenue.